Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Cicendia 4-angledis
Common name
Square Cicendia
Family
Gentianaceae
Where found
Mossy rock ledges and crevices, damp shady places, moist sites along streams, winter-wet soils, and wet swampy habitats. Mainly tablelands, ACT, and the Western Slopes. Occasionally elsewhere.
Notes
Introduced annual herb to 0.08 m high, hairless, stems sometimes ridged or angular. Leaves basal and opposite each other, 0.2–1 cm long, 1–3 mm wide. Basal leaves often withering early. Flowers yellow; funnel-shaped, the tube 4–8 mm long, with 4 lobes 1.5–3 mm long. Calyx cup-shaped, strongly Flowers mostly single, sometimes a few together. Flowering: spring.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Cicendia~4-angledis (accessed 10 January, 2021)
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